Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-24
new YORK JOURNALISM.
A Singing Arralgnment of PuIitzsr by an
Esteemed Contemporary.

A Singing Arralgnment OF PuIitzsr by an
Esteemed Contemporary.
New York Star.
New York begins to realize the dsncer
there is in giving the control OF the dis
irict attorneys Office to 3 journalist
whose methods and conduct constantly
tend TO acts OF violence and crime.
Yesterday the Sun made q startling
statement about the killing of Colonel
Slayback in st. Louis, and attributed the
failure OF the grand Jury to indict to the
influence which Joseph PuliiZsr had over
the district attorney.
The courses which led to the death of
Slayback are followed here, and will lead
| to the same end. 1t is but c question of
| time. The day is sure to come when
some bloody deed will bring 70 q csnclu-
sion the laWless and desperate methods
| which this man has used ever since he
came to New York.
Let our substantial snd laY-abiding
voters consider whether they wish to
place the power Of the public prosecutor
in the hands Of s nalefsctor.
Through it he might do with impunity
many things from which it is plsin he is
now deferred only by fear of the law.
Whist cruelty IS there of which he Is not
capable2 Is there any youth smong US
the promise Of whose manhood he would
not blight 70 sell en- additional package
OF Worlds? Let his treatment of young
Ch0ate bear witness
One would have thought that the her
itage OF name which for fifty years elo-
quence, learning, wit and patriotic service
nsye made gracious to our ears would
have protected the young collegiau
| against ISLANDERS for which avarice was the
only motive.
| But no; it Was possible to sell 8 few
more papers, and the sensitive youth IVES
dragged to the pillory and held up TO de-
rision ana laughter.
Does any one think inst there is in SII
this town sDy maiden whose innocence
and helplessness would protect her
against this Dsnubian bloodhound? No,
there is none. Youth, beauty, the prom
Use OF manhood, the purity of the virgin
would only sharpen that insatiate appe-
tite. The greed for gold is never salts
! fed. How long will we be patient?
How long mus. we endure tyranny like
this?
In an older day half q hundred victims
| we're enough TO furnish out Roman holi-
| day, but We throw our iGnocen.s to the
beasts every day, and IL numbers untold.
! Joseph Pulitzer tries to mask his pur-
pose by claiming that it is for the peoples
good; Il is to Danish thieves and plum
derers, bri5e givers and Dribe takers.
This is an old device. In the French
revolution Marat tried it. BE, toe, was
journalist and tina "Friend of the Peo-
pie" In that name he melted insurrec-
ton. IL that name he pursued the king
to the scafold. In that name he over
threw the church, dis0rganiz9d the state
ana blasted al :de fair hopes which the
revolution had engendered By turning Il
| into terror 90 mankind.
Are methods like these to be pursued
bere? Do these reckless c0nspirators
isuppose that the p0puiSce Of New York
will follow the lesd of this new "Friend
Of the Paopls?"
| Let him learn the truth before he sd
varces further upon his perilous path
American men will not wit so receive
their deliverance from the hsud OF wo-
man.